Representation for Indigent Defendants in the Federal Courts: Hearings Before Subcommittee No. 2 of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Eighty-sixth Congress, First Session on H.R. 4185, H.R. 4609, and H.R. 6864, to Provide for the Representation of Indigent Defendants in Criminal Cases in the District Courts in the United States and H.R. 2271, to Amend Title 18 of the United States Code So as to Allow Compensation to Counsel Assigned by the Court in Criminal Cases, May 6 and May 14, 1959 |
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Page 164 - If the defendant appears in court without counsel, the court shall advise him of his right to counsel and assign counsel to represent him at every stage of the proceeding unless he elects to proceed without counsel or is able to obtain counsel.
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Page 164 - If it appears that a defendant at whose instance a deposition is to be taken cannot bear the expense thereof, the court may direct that the expenses of travel and subsistence of the defendant's attorney for attendance at the examination shall be paid by the government.
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